Weeder



Aug- 2 1927- J. H. :MUS

WEEDER 1,637,862 Avug. 2, 1927. J. H. MUS Y WEEDER Original Filed Aug.'7. i924 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented ug. 2, 1927.

Unire sr rss rarest JAMES n. 11ans, y,or BoAnnMAN, cansan.

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Application 'led August 7, 1924, Serial No. 730,652. Renewed March 17,1927. Y

rlhe present invention relates to agricultural implements and provides amachine adapted chiefly to the raising of wheat utilizing a largeacreage and large `teams 'and has for its object to materially reducethe cost by a reduction in the help and in the teams usually requiredfor the cultivation of a given area. y l

Other objects and advantages will be` apparent and suggest themselves asthe nature of the invention is understood. 1

`While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is tobe understood that in adapting the same to meetdifferent conditions andrequirements, various changes the forni, proportion and minor detailsofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the nature ofthe invention.

Referring to the acconlP@Dyingl drawings i forming a part of thespecification,

Figure 1 is a top plan view cfa weieder embodying the invention, Y

Figure2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1,

Figure 3 is a rear view of a portion of the weeder showing the parts ona larger scale,

Figure l is an enlarged sectional view on the line lr-ll of Figure 1, y

Figure 5 is a top plan view of a weeder section showing the part on alarger scale,

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view on the line 6 6 of Figure 5, and

Figure 7 is a sectional view on the line 7 7 of Figure 6.

Corresponding and like parts are relerred to in the followingdescription and designated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters. v

The implement comprises a truck to which the weeder sections andadjunctive parts y'are hitched, said truck as shown comprising alongitudinal bar 10, a front axle 11,v and a rear axle 12, each or' theaxles being provided with ground wheels 13. The rear axle 12 is hitchedwhereas the front axle 11 is pivoted to facilitate steering. Standards14 and 15 rise. Yfrom the bar 10 and support a platform 16 to which isitted a seat 17. Lateral bars 18 project in opposite directions from therear end orF the longitudinal bar and are provided at their outer `endswith ground wheels'19. Oppositely inclined braces 2O connect the outerends of the lateral bars 18 with the front portions of the longitudinalbar 10 and stays 21 connect the outer ends of the lateral bars 18 withthe front end of the bar 10. Other stays 22 conneet the inner endsk ofthe lateral bars 18 with thelongitudinal bar 10. It is observed that thelateral bars 18 are stayed or braced at different points in their lengthso as to sustain the strain and load. A lateral stay 23connec-ts thelongitudinal bar 10 with one oit the braces 2O anda brace 24E connectsthe outer end of. the stay 23 with the platformrv 13 and serves tostrengthen and brace the same. Rungs 25 are attached to the standard141- and enable the driver t0mount and leave the platform 16. f Y

A plurality of weeder sections are coupled to the lateral bars 18 andsince each section. and the parts coacting therewith are substantiallythe same, a kdetailed description will suflice for a clear understandingthereof.

ltach of the weedery sections comprises a bar y or header 26, blades 27and Shanks 28, the latter being pivoted intermediate theirends to thebar- 26 and adjustably connected yat theirlower ends to the blades 27whereby thel latter inayzbe set to o'peratefright or left cr adjusted toany requiredangular position. For this purpose the blades 27 areprovided with a plurality ot' openings 29 which are adapted to registerwith corresponding openings forined in the :toot 30 of a shank 28,theregistering openings receiving suitable fastenings 31. The lateral pitchof the blades 27 may be regulated by pivotal adjustment of the Shanksv28 and this is e-fected by means of a strip 32 connecting the upper endsof the shanks 28 and a rod 33 connected at one end to the strip 32 andadjustably connected at its opposite end to a kstandard 34u rising fromthe bar 2G,v A confining strip 35 parallels the bar `26 and the shanks28 are disposed between said confining strip and the bar 26 and thebolts 36 or other suitable fastening means pas-s through the strip 35,Shanks 28 and bar 26 and connect said parts and form 28turn. A. bar 37pivotally connected at its front end to the bar 18 .has a plurality ofopenings 38 in itsr rearportion toV receive the upper reduced end 39othe standard 34, whereby adjustable connection vis provided i'orrbetweenthe weeder sections and thebar 18.` A'stay 39 connects the reary end ofthe y10o the pivot about which'the shanks Y bar 37 with the bar 18ythereby preventing n lateral 'play of the weeder sections while at thesaine time providing for a limitedlateral adjustment thereof. Rods 40 oranalogous connections are interposed between opposite ends of the bar 26and the bar 18 and sustain the draft.

One or both` of the lateral bars 18 may be pivotally connected to thelongitudinal bar 1() to admit of the outer ends of the bars 18 risingand lowering according to the nature of the ground over ywhich theimplement is drawn. This adds to the flexibility of the implement andinsures the Weeder sections remaining in contact With the surface of theground even though the same may be of a rolling or hilly nature. It isfurther observed that the weeder sections are adapted to have anindependent vertical movement because of t-he pivotal connection of theparts 3'? and l() with the bars 18 and 26. The Weeder sections arearranged so as to overlap at their inner ends and provision is had forsuch arrangement by `varying the length of the parts 37 and 40 as shownmost clearly in Figure 1.

To clear the Weeder sections of trash and accumulation that may gatherit is proposed to provide means extending Within convenient reach of thedrivers seat to be operated for lifting the sections to dump on clearthe -Weeds or other accumulation. Various means may be provided and asshown a lever 47 is mounted upon a bar 18 and its rear end is connectedto the bar 26 by a connection 118 and the opposite end extends Withinconvenient reach of the drivers seat` j to be operated Without requiringthe stoppingI of the machine and the dismounting of the driver when itis required to operate vdirections from the truck and hingedly connected for relative movement vertically at their outer ends,scrapermembers connected to said lateral bars, and adjustable laterally andmovable vertically, and means connected to said members whereby the saidmembers may be adjusted vertically to clear them of accumulation or forother required purpose.

2. In an agricultural implement ofthe character specified, a draft bar7a header provided with cultivator elements, .draft rods connecting thedraft bar and header a bar adjustably connecting the draft member Withthe header tof admit of adjusting the pitch of the cultivator elements,a brace adjustably connecting said bar with the draft member whereby theheader may be adjusted laterally. Y

3. In an implement of the character specilied comprising a. truck,lateral bars projecting in opposite directions from` the truck andhingedly connected for relative move` mentvvertically at their outerends, a plurality oit Weeder sections7 each comprising a header andblades, means for connecting the headersjto theV said lateral bars, and

means for moving the headers vertically to clear them of accumulation.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES H. IMUS.

